Love, Art and Music

10 white panels

This week, while I was adding some more glaze layers to my Clara, I cleaned thoroughly my studio. I made place for the ten panels that are going to take place on my walls for the next two years.I am very happy. Next Monday is the day I start working on this series. Did I say I was happy about it? No? Gosh, I’m so excited!

About Marie H. Sirois

MARIE H. SIROIS is a painter working on a colossal project, called The Schumann + Wieck Symphony, about German composer Robert Schumann and his wife, virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck. Exhibiting one visual movement every 4 years, this project will take her 16 years to make from beginning till end.

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"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist."

Robert Schumann

The Schumann + Wieck Symphony

Marie H. Sirois’ Schumann and Wieck’s Symphony, which allies painting and music, is a celebration of Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck’s life and works and is an illustration of art’s richness and interactivity.

Notorious German composer, Robert Schumann and his wife, virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck, lived a complex and passionate love affair. Their relationship is the foundation for four series of paintings through which are represented, as a symphony in four movements, the transformation of the couple’s feelings with the important events that shaped their relationship.

Schumann’s music holds a crucial place in the project. Each visual movement is associated with and inspired by one of his musical scores. The night of the opening shows, Marie interprets these musical pieces on the piano.

The First Movement, Le Prélude, was introduced in November 2014. Marie is now working on the Second Movement, Concert sans orchestre.